Thought for the Day 8/6/2021
Friday Tale - Just Shake the Dirt off your Back One morning a cactus farmer down in Baja California noticed his faithful old donkey had wandered off. It was very unusual for the donkey not to show up for breakfast. So, after feeding the chickens, the farmer went out to see what had happened to his old friend. As he went out across the field, he thought he heard the donkey braying. However, it sounded as though it was coming from very, very far away. The farmer went to the source of the sound, and fell to his knees in dismay. His beloved old donkey had fallen through some rotten boards down into a long-abandoned well shaft. The donkey cried out to him desperately. But it seemed clear there would be no way to get him out of the deep well shaft. Finally, the farmer sadly decided that the old donkey was truly beyond saving. In addition, certainly the well shaft needed to be filled, for the safety ...